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I have a JButton that I would like to fill in with text that would spread in two lines, however, when I type in the test and use "\n" or "\r" I still get the text on one line.

This is the case with the elements of my jList as well.

Thanks

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  • how about "\n\r", that usually works for me – Rob Oct 14 '11 at 14:00
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    BTW 1) What is a `jField`? A `JTextField` will ignore new lines using either technique shown here. 2) Never use `\n` or `\r`, instead use `System.getProperty("line.seperator")`. – Andrew Thompson Oct 14 '11 at 14:29

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Use HTML

JButton button = new JButton("<html><body>line 1 <br /> line 2</body></html>");
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  • Interesting... Thanks a lot! – Sam Oct 14 '11 at 14:03
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    1) For a more complex example (which avoids having to calculate where to put the `
    `), see [LabelRenderTest](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5853879/java-swing-obtain-image-of-jframe/5853992#5853992). 2) See also [How to Use HTML in Swing Components](http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/html.html) in the Java Tutorial, and especially note what it says about disabled components.     – Andrew Thompson Oct 14 '11 at 14:25
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Indeed, JButton admits HTML. However <body> is not really necessary:

JButton button = new JButton("<html> mylabel <br /> mylabel continues on a newline </html>");

[[ taken from New Line \n is not working in JButton.setText("fnord\nfoo") ; ]]

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